Advice for (and from) a young academic

The phrase "It is no coincidence that..." ("אין זה מקרה ש...") is a weasel phrase. Be suspicious of it always.

Shah of Shahs / Ryszard Kapuściński

Exactly 38 years ago, Khomeini returned to Iran from his exile in France, and set in motion the Islamic Revolution of Iran. A little over a year…
On Immigrants

Speaking of immigrants, Sir Ian McKellen would like to offer this passage, from the Elizabethan play Sir Thomas More: GEORGE. Marry, the removing…
Goodreads is fun; Dickens; Mortimer

I've been pretty indifferent to most of the recent social-network sites, but I'm really enjoying goodreads.com. I'm a pretty busy reader, with a…